They were perplexed...

...as early morning they had easy access to the street through a hole in the fence.

They are Guinea Fowls, and they had a big new problem.

We see them regularly on the sidewalks in the suburb, scraping with their feet on the grass in search of worms and bugs. They come through the hole at the bottom of the fence early in the mornings, and then they spend the day this side on the sidewalks. But now somebody has blocked their entrance from the streetside, and they were searching for a solution on how to get back through the fence, as they live on the riverside.

Later in the day, in the afternoon, some guys trimmed the lower parts of a palm tree, and they dumped the branches right in front of the hole that the guinea fowls use as a door.

So, how now brown cow? The one at the right stuck his head through a part of the fence, but it was wise as it's body would never be able to get through it.

Maybe there was a way at the bottom of the fence, but no, no hole.

This one was saying, Oh no, now we have to go down the long road with all the dogs at the front of the houses!

The one was calming the other one, while the one at the right once again approached the fence.

Sticking his head again through a small block in the fence, and the one behind him twirled its foot up and circled it around its head like one does to show somebody that they are mad. Lol.

And finally, that is how I stopped watching them as my queen called me for supper.

After supper I looked again and they were gone. Somebody needs to remind this lot that they have wings to fly, and I hope that they did not use the long road. They can fly, but for some reason they chose not to. Maybe they had too much to eat and their bodies were heavy. But I bet that they will be this side of the fence again, and I hope that somebody will come to remove the palm tree branches.

We have street cameras mounted on high poles that look on both sides of the river, and also down the streets, and I presume those branches got in the way of the cameras. Security is tight here, as we recently had some issues, but now there are also regular security vehicles patrolling the roads. It makes one to feel a bit safer, as crime is a problem.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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